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Sunday, 28 November 2010

This is a small tea cosy I knitted up for my parents. It's about 25cm across but very stretchy, so it should fit any smallish teapot. The wool is from The Woolshed on Orkney, it's a very tweedy and rustic worsted weight . Being a bit of a maths obsessive, I designed the pattern algorithmically: it's a repeating pattern of four stitches across by four high, I tossed a coin to see whether to knit or purl each of the sixteen stitches. The pattern ended up being fairly close to 2x2 rib, but with a few knits and purls randomly mixed up, I'm pretty happy with the way this turned out...

Yarn Less than one ball (=50 g , about 100m) The Woolshed Worsted Weight North Ronaldsay Wool

Needles One pair 5mm/ US 8 needles.

Gauge 15 stitches x 20 rows = 10 cm x10 cm in stocking stitch.

Dimensions 25 cm across

Notation k = knitp = purlCO = cast onk2tog = knit two stitches togetherk2tog tbl = knit two stitches together through the back of the loopsp2tog = purl two stitches togetherp2tog tbl = purl two stitches together through the back of the loops

Note: The first and last stitches will always be in stocking stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side).

Work in rib pattern for 24 rows (= 6 repeats) always working the first and last stiches in stocking stitch.i.e.Row 1: k1, work in rib pattern to last stitch, k1Row 2: p1, work in rib pattern to last stitch, p1Row 3: k1, work in rib pattern to last stitch, k1Row 4: p1, work in rib pattern to last stitch, p1